Senior Software Engineer

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Diversity, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

We are looking for a highly-motivated Senior Software Engineer to build APIs, SDKs, Libraries, and Frameworks for the next generation Identity platform. These products are to be used by the development team of our customers to build user-facing software. This role requires a developer that can take ideas from concept to reality and work well in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional team of product managers, software engineers, and data scientists in an internationally focused organization.

The ideal applicant will have broad development experience with APIs and frameworks; solid analytical and creative problem-solving skills; be passionate about research, innovation and experimentation for delivering the best possible developer and user experience within an inclusive and respectful environment. If you are self-driven, passionate about learning, work well in a collaborative environment and have effective communication skills, then we’d love to hear from you!

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop IAM (Identity & Access Management) related Web SDKs, libraries and frameworks
• Discussing the security and privacy considerations of product designs, prototypes and concepts
• Building full-stack example applications using our libraries and tooling for educating developers on best practices implemented within modern frameworks and libraries (React, Vue, Angular, TypeScript, …)
• Work alongside our customers and partners, helping define the functional specifications for how the our SDK will integrate with their applications based on product requirements

• Participate in development life cycle activities like design, coding, testing and production release of the Ping SDK for JavaScript
• Implement, document and evangelize best practices and industry standards for both internal and external developers
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud (AIC) integration with the Ping JavaScript SDK

• Thrive in a rapidly changing environment, continuously working to adapt to ever-evolving customer needs

• Cross-functional and cross-platform collaboration to deliver world-class solutions


If you find yourself checking off most of the below, this could be the position for you!

• HTML and CSS as well as a deep understanding of JavaScript and the DOM
• Web-application development experience
• Experience with TypeScript
• Production experience (primary) with one of the following: React.js, Angular, Vue.js or Svelte.js
• Experience building/maintaining an API-centric product, framework or library
• Secondary JS framework or library
• Experience Node.js (server-side JavaScript)
• Experience with authentication, authorization and identity management
• Experience with web accessibility
• Experience with CORS, SSL/TLS and other security communication protocols
• Experience with RESTful services
• Solid understanding of debugging familiar and unfamiliar code
• Proficient in reviewing another’s Pull Request, providing critical, constructive feedback
• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Good time management skills

Nice To Have:

• Experience with multiple application architectures (SPA, Flux, SSR, universal/isomorphic), 
• Experience working within a distributed team
• Proficient knowledge of Git and Git tooling
• Agile/Scrum Methodologies
• Experience with application security practices (OWASP Top 10)
• Experience with systems at large scale
• Docker, Kubernetes and VM experience

Why Should You Join Us?

• You will be part of an outstanding team and work with exceptional people 
• You will work with the latest web technologies
• You will grow and accumulate knowledge related to authentication and authorization protocols and standards as well as identity and access management at scale 
• We don’t want to maintain the status quo; you will have the opportunity to have a real impact by creating the best Developer experience on the web; you will be instrumental to make this vision real

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. 

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits: 

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule 
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement 
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations) 

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.